Adopt-A-Family
3301 Green Street
Claymont, DE 19703
Phone: 302-792-9538
Email: njones@state.de.us or adoptafamilync@state.de.us
Contact Person: Noel Jones

Matching families in need with sponsors who will provide gift certificates and presents during the holiday season.

AIDS Delaware
www.aidsdelaware.org
100 West 10th Street, Suite 315
Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone: 302-652-6776
Fax: 302-652-5150
Email: brasure@aidsdelaware.org
Contact Person: Darcy Brasure, Director of Volunteer Services/Hotline

The mission of AIDS Delaware is to provide: comprehensive social and support services to clients and their families; advocacy for compassionate public policy; prevention and education programs addressing unsafe sexual and drug use behaviors in order to halt the spread of HIV. Internships are available.

Alexis I. DuPont Middle School
www.redclay.k12.de.us/schools/aidupont.htm
Phone: 651-2690
Email: leshnower@hws.edu
Contact: Jennifer Leshnower

Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children
www.nemours.org/no/de/aidhc/index.html
1600 Rockland Road
P.O. Box 269
Wilmington, DE 19899
Phone: 302-651-6081
Fax: 302-651-6071
Email: alittlet@nemours.org
Contact Person: Andrea Littleton

The hospital serves thousands of families from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey as a full-service hospital for children from birth through age 17. The inpatient services of the 128-bed hospital include three medical-surgical units, a rehabilitation unit, an intensive care unit, and a neonatal intensive care unit. It is a center for the treatment of many different childhood diseases, including cancers, cystic fibrosis, muscular dystrophy, cerebral palsy and kidney disease. The hospital provides a broad range of pediatric sub-specialty care. Over 40 medical, surgical, and dental specialties are represented in outpatient services. Specialty clinics offer team treatment for a variety of conditions from allergies to diabetes to Lyme disease. Volunteers assist with direct and indirect patient contact and behind the scenes in clerical departments. Openings for these positions change constantly. Volunteers are matched with the assignment, day and time that best meets their needs.

ARC of Delaware
1016 Centre Road, Suite 1
Wilmington, DE 19805
Phone: 302-996-9400
Fax: 302-996-0683
Contact Person: Deborah Nock

The purpose of the Association for the Rights of Citizens (ARC) is to enhance the lives of individuals with mental retardation by making daily living and everyday life as independent as possible, and to provide support systems for persons with mental retardation and programs which assist persons with disabilities.

Bayard House
www.bayardhouse.org
300 Bayard Avenue
Wilmington, DE 19805
Phone: 302-654-1184
Fax: 302-654-8570
Contact Person: Seslie Johnson

The Bayard House mission is to provide residential, educational and referral services to at-risk pregnant teens/women and to young families in need so that they may become nurturing parents and independent contributing members of society.

Best Buddies International
www.bestbuddies.org
Best Buddies Maryland
106 E. Chase Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
Phone: 410-327-9812 x23
Fax: (410) 539-0219
Contact Person: Beth Schlossnagle

The mission of Best Buddies is to enhance the lives of individuals with mental retardation by providing them with opportunities for socialization and employment. The college program matches college students in one-to-one friendships with individuals with mild to moderate mental retardation. The time commitment is one academic year, at least two group outings per semester and seeing your buddy once a month one-on-one.

Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Delaware, Inc.
www.bbbsde.org
226 West Park Place, Suite 2
Newark, DE 19711
Phone: 302-368-0202
Fax: 302-368-5222
Email: jbishop@bbbs.de.org
Contact Person: Jeanne Bishop

Big Brothers Big Sisters is a private, nonprofit agency which matches adult volunteers with children between the ages of 6 and 17 who live in single-parent households. The goal of the friendship is to provide a child with a positive adult role model, expose the child to new learning experiences, and help strengthen the child's self esteem.

Boys and Girls Clubs of Delaware
www.bgclubs.org
7 locations in New Castle County
Administrative headquarters:
669 South Union Street
Wilmington, DE 19805
Phone: 302-658-1870
Fax: 302-658-3907

The mission of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Delaware is to provide opportunities for the educational, vocational, social, health and moral development of its members with special emphasis on disadvantaged youth; to develop value systems that will improve the quality of their lives, enabling them to become more productive citizens.

Chesapeake Bay Girl Scout Council
www.cbgsc.org
501 South College Ave
Newark, DE 19713
Phone: 302-456-7170
Fax: 302-456-7188
Email: mbarry@cbgsc.org
Contact Person: Mary Barry

The Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay with its 22,000 members is a part of the world's preeminent organization, the Girl Scouts, dedicated solely to girls, where in an accepting and nurturing environment, girls build character and skills for success in the real world. In partnership with committed adults, girls develop qualities that will serve them all their lives--like strong values, social conscience, and conviction about their own potential and self-worth. In the Girl Scouts, they discover the fun, friendship, and power of girls together; and through the many enriching experiences provided by the Girl Scouts, they can grow courageous and strong.

Child, Inc.
www.childinc.com
507 Philadelphia Pike
Wilmington, DE 19809-2177
Phone: 302-762-8989
Fax: 302-762-8983
Email: raustin@childinc.com
Contact Person: RoseMarie Austin

Child, Inc. is a non-profit, private organization that offers prevention, education, treatment and advocacy activities that strengthen families. The agency offers support to children and their families in the community. It provides programming for neglected, dependent and/or abused children, delinquent youth and families experiencing domestic violence.

Children & Families First
www.cffde.org
2005 Baynard Blvd.
Wilmington, DE 19802
Phone: 302-658-5177 x303
Fax: 302-658-5170
Email: celeste.jones@cffde.org
Contact Person: Celeste Jones

Children & Families First strengthens families and communities by providing quality social, educational and mental health services. Programs include parent education/support services, foster care, adoption, counseling, residential treatment center for teens, Hispanic services, teen services including ARC (A Response Center for youth), HIV/AIDS prevention programs, and workplace services.

Cooperative Extension & Safe Kids Coalition
ag.udel.edu/ncc/
910 South Chapel Street (Rt. 72)
Newark, DE 19716-1303
Phone: 302-831-4973
Fax: 302-831-8934
Email: cgenau@udel.edu
Contact Person: Cindy Genau

Cooperative Extension and Safe Kids Coalition provide outreach to the community, education and awareness on community traffic safety and injury prevention to children 14 and under. Areas of concentration are bike safety (distribution of bike helmets), pedestrian safety, occupant protection (seat belts, air bags, car seats) and drinking and driving/underage drinking education.

Delaware Humane Association
www.dehaumane.org
701 A Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone: 302-571-8172
Fax: 302-571-8173

The Delaware Humane Association (DHA) is a privately funded, non-profit, no kill animal shelter that provides temporary housing to homeless animals, works to prevent pet overpopulation, preventing cruelty and suffering to animals, and educates the public about animal issues. The organization relies solely upon donations, fund raising events, and volunteers to continue its work.

Delaware Museum of Natural History
www.delmnh.org
4840 Kennett Pike
Wilmington, DE 19807
Phone: 302-658-9111, ext. 317
Fax: 302-658-2610
Email: lstiteler@delmnh.org
Contact Person: Lynn Stiteler

At the Delaware Museum of Natural History, we invite you to explore the many and varied volunteer possibilities we offer. Our volunteers contribute time, energy and enthusiasm! Their efforts make it possible for us to develop new educational programs, interact with the community, and plan for the future. Volunteers contribute thousands of service hours to the Museum each year.

Delaware Nature Society (Ashland Nature Center)
delawarenaturesociety.org/Ashland.htm
P.O. Box 700
Hockessin, DE 19707
Phone 239-2334, ext. 23
Fax 239-2473
Website: www.dca.net/naturesociety
Email: janice@dnsashland.org
Contact Person: Janice Taylor

The Delaware Nature Society is a private, non-profit membership organization which fosters understanding, appreciation, and enjoyment of the natural world through education; preserves ecologically significant areas; and advocates stewardship and conservation of natural resources. Nearly 1,000 volunteers give their time and talents annually in over 25 categories of volunteer assignments, including on-going commitments or one-time events.

Delaware Psychiatric Center
1901 N. DuPont Hwy.
New Castle, DE 19720
Phone: 302-255-2830
Fax: 302-577-4254
Email: vmetzelaar@state.de.us
Contact Person: Valarie Metzelaar

Delaware Psychiatric Center is Delaware's only state-run, JCAHO accredited psychiatric facility. It offers treatment to approximately 350 adult mentally ill patients. Volunteers are needed to help motivate patients, to provide friendship and caring, and to serve as role models and encourage appropriate social skills.

Delaware S.P.C.A. (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)
P.O. Box 6067
Stanton, DE 19804
Phone: 302-998-2281
Contact Person: Scott Vogel

SPCA is a private non-profit charity whose goal is to promote responsible pet ownership, reduce pet overpopulation and prevent cruelty to animals. They also enforce the animal laws for 2/3 of Delaware.

Delaware Special Olympics
www.sode.org
University of Delaware
619 S. College Ave
Newark, DE 19716-1901
Phone: 302-831-3484
Fax: 302-831-3483
Email: info@sode.org
Contact Person: Martin Brett

Delaware Special Olympics provides a year-round program of quality sports training and competition for children and adults with mental retardation and/or other significant learning impairments. A family of nearly 4000 volunteers make this program possible for 1400 athletes that compete in the Delaware Special Olympics. They build sports skills, confidence, strength, motivation and self-esteem... not just for the athletes but for everyone involved.

Delaware Volunteer Resource Center
State Office of Volunteerism
www.state.de.us/dhss/dssc/sov.htm
1901 N. DuPont Highway
Charles Debnam Building
New Castle, DE 19720
Phone: 302-255-9748
Fax: 302-255-4462
Contact Person: Susan Eggert

Volunteer Resource Center provides statewide leadership for the promotion and encouragement of volunteerism through the coordination of a variety of events, including: Make a Difference Day, the Volunteer Service Games (to promote Volunteer Service Week), the Governor's Outstanding Volunteer Awards, the Governor's Youth Volunteer Service Awards, and a Volunteer Service Conference. It provides coordination and linkages with other volunteer service programs, including the Governor's mentoring initiative and the Presidents' Summit on America's Future.

Edgemoor Community Center
www.ecc-de.org
500 Duncan Road, Suite A
Wilmington, DE 19809
Phone: 302-762-1391
Fax: 302-762-1652
Email: ranran@udel.edu
Contact Person: Randy Hedrick

The Edgemoor Community Center provides affordable and accessible services which will help improve the quality of life for community members of all ages. The Center provides a broad range of educational, recreational, self-enrichment, and family support services. Volunteers assist with child care and recreational activities.

Food Bank of Delaware
www.fbd.org
14 Garfield Way
Delaware Industrial Park
Newark, DE 19713
Phone: 302-292-1305
Fax: 302-292-1309
Email: jtrnka@fbd.org
Contact Person: Jeff Trnka

The Food Bank provides low and no-cost food and groceries to qualified local feeding programs. It supplies information to the greater Delaware community about hunger issues, food security and related concerns and mobilizes support for anti-hunger efforts.

Friends of White Clay Creek State Park
fwccsp.udel.edu
P.O. Box 9734
Newark, DE 19714-9734
Phone: 610-274-1345
Email: hallentj@msn.com
Contact Person: Tom Hallenbeck

The Friends support the White Clay Creek State Park staff in protecting and preserving the park and surrounding creek valley. The focus is on special projects, ongoing trail maintenance and monitoring, advocacy for park improvements, and education.

Friendship House, Inc.
www.friendship-house.org
P. O. Box 1517
Wilmington, DE 19899
Phone: 302-652-8033
Fax: 302-652-7801
Contact Person: Marcy Perkins
Email: womens.centre@friendship-house.org

Friendship House offers transitional housing for women with or without children. The program is designed to provide a secure, supportive, homelike and respectful environment for its residents with an emphasis on encouraging personal growth and self-knowledge.

Girls Inc.
www.girlsinc.org
489 Wyoming Road
Newark, DE 19711
Phone: 302-292-0425
Fax: 302-737-9746
Contact Person: Dave Raughley

We encourage girls, boys and their families to live balanced and healthy lives. We are an advocate for girls and their families in Delaware. We provide opportunities for girls and boys to achieve their full potential as equal memebers of society. We preserve and strengthen families through quality education, childcare, and family focused programs. We teach young people to take responsibility for their behavior, to respect themselves and others. Our programming builds girls' capacity for responsible and confident adulthood, economic independence and personal fulfillment.

Habitat for Humanity
www.habitat.org
Campus Chapter at UD
218 Trabant University Center
Campus
Phone: 302-837-8507
E-mail: jamberb@udel.edu
Contact Person: Amber Burke

Habitat for Humanity International's purpose is to eliminate substandard housing in our communities. Habitat has a policy of helping people who want to help themselves. Families are selected to receive Habitat houses based on their need, their ability to pay, and their ability to work with Habitat for Humanity. Homeowners are required to dedicate 350 "sweat equity" hours to Habitat construction before receiving their own homes. In addition, Habitat works to build community among its homeowners and their neighbors.

Hilltop Lutheran Neighborhood Center
1018 West 6th Street
Wilmington, DE 19805
Phone: 302-656-3224
Fax: 302-656-6583
Email: daraboger@hotmail.com
Contact Person: Dara Boger

Hilltop Lutheran Neighborhood Center encourages academic growth and development of school-age children through before and after school programming, summer camp and evening study sessions.

Homeward Bound Inc. (Emmaus House)
PO Box 9740
Newark, DE 19714-9740
Phone: 302-737-2241
Fax: 302-737-0302
Contact Person: Nancy Berry and Mary Ellen Green

Emmaus House provides emergency shelter for families with children. It is a safe community style environment to provide security and foster self-reliance.

Hope Dining Room serves a hot mid-day meal every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to anyone who is in need. It is comprised of 20 Newark area religious organizations. Each group serves lunch one day per month. Servers are needed from 11:45 to 1:00 p.m. Please call in advance.

HOSTS Corp.
1 Cak Road
Keen-Wik-on the Bay
Selbyville, DE 19975
Phone: 302-436-4963
Email: jshepherd@host.com
Contact Person: Jean Shepherd

HOSTS (Help One Student To Succeed) is a structured mentoring program in languages, arts/reading, mathematics, and/or Spanish language arts. Each volunteer will be paired with a student one-to-one for the same time period of 30 minutes each week. A user friendly lesson plan and instructional materials will be provided. HOSTS has recently been recognized by the Education Commission of the States as one of only three best practices in reading.

Japanese House and Gardens
Ohio House, 4700 Stales Drive
Philadelphia, PA 19131
Phone: 215-878-5097
Email: jhg@libertynet.org
Contact Person: Nico Hartzell, Volunteer Coordinator

To promote inter-cultural understanding by becoming a regional center for Japanese culture and educational programs and to preserve, maintain, and exhibit the house and garden.

JCC of Newark (Jewish Community Center)
318 S. College Avenue
Newark, DE 19711
Phone: 302-368-9173
Fax: 302-368-1673
Email: Chris_Smith@diamond.net.udel.edu
Contact Person: Chris Smith

Jewish Community Center
www.jccdelaware.org
101 Garden of Eden Road
Wilmington, DE 19803
Phone: 302-478-5660
Fax: 302-478-6068
Email: iharlev@jcca.org
Contact Person: Ivy Harlev

The Jewish Community Center is a non-profit membership organization which provides the Delaware community with diverse and extensive services for infants through senior adults. Programs include recreational, social, cultural and educational activities.

John G. Leach School
Landers Lane
New Castle, DE 19720
Phone: 302-429-4055
Fax: 302-429-4057
Contact Person: Ann Udovich

Known initially as the Delaware Day School and founded by the Delaware Easter Seal Society, Leach School began operating as a public day school for children and youth with physical disabilities. At either the Leach building or Christiana Hospital site, Leach School serves pupils residing in New Castle County, ages 3-21, who have physical disabilities, moderate to severe mental retardation, or serious health impairment. All program components strive to return students to their home schools and districts ready for success.

Kingswood Community Center
2300 North Bowers Street
Wilmington, DE 19802
Phone: 302-765-2901
Fax: 302-762-7975
Contact Persons: Bernadette Reeves

Kingswood Community Center serves to strengthen the family unit in the Northeast Area and help low income families to minimize the effect of crisis. Volunteers provide tutoring and homework assistance.

Latin American Community Center
403 N. Van Buren Street
Wilmington, DE 19805
Phone: 302-655-7338
Fax: 302-655-7334
Contact Person: Carlos DeLos Ramos

The Latin American Community Center is a multi-service agency dedicated to helping families maximize strengths, develop healthy parenting and life skills, and achieve the economic and emotional self-sufficiency necessary to thrive. Volunteers are needed for teaching English as a second language, bilingual assistance and data entry.

Literacy Volunteers of America/Wilmington Library Affiliate
www.wilmlib.org or www.geocities.com/lvawilmington
PO Box 2083
10th & Market Streets
Wilmington, DE 19899-2303
Phone: 302-658-5624
Fax: 302-654-9132
Email: litvolunteers@ad.com
Contact Person: Carmen Knox

Literacy Volunteers provide free one-to-one tutoring in basic reading and conversational English to adults in northern New Castle County.

Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc.
www.wish.org/midatlantic/
1601 Concord Pike, Suite 78
Wilmington, DE 19803
Phone: 302-658-9474
Fax: 302-658-9747
Email: kganci@wish.org
Contact Person: Karen Ganci

Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic, Inc. fulfills the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy.

The Mary Campbell Center
www.marycampbellcenter.com
4641 Weldin Road
Wilmington, DE 19803
Phone: 302-762-6025
Fax: 302-762-4206
Contact Person: Carolyn Clark

The Mary Campbell Center offers a unique concept in long-term, short-term and temporary care for persons with limitations associated with cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis, mental retardation, post-trauma and similar handicaps. It provides a home-like atmosphere in which residents are recognized as individuals and respected for their capabilities. Volunteers assist with recreation and trips, visit with residents, and help with music appreciation.

Mary, Mother of Hope House I
1103 W. 8^th Street
Wilmington, DE 19806
Phone: 302-652-8532
Fax: 302-594-9434
Contact Person: Debbie Snyder

Hope House I is part of the Ministry of Caring, a large organization working with and for the poor and homeless. Hope House I is a 21-bed shelter for homeless women. Its goal is to address the root causes of homelessness and to help women move to self-sufficiency.

Meals on Wheels (Newark Senior Center)
www.mealsonwheels.org
200 White Chapel Drive
Newark, DE 19713
Phone: 302-737-5747
Fax: 302-737-2636
Email: ohbiwon@hotmail.com
Contact: Natalie Smith

The Meals on Wheels program at the Newark Senior Center provides a hot meal five days a week for residents of the city of Newark and the greater Newark area deemed to be in nutritional jeopardy.

MentorWorks
www.udel.edu/chep/mentorworks
Amy Rextrew House
321 South College Avenue
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
Phone: 302-831-0520
Fax: 302-831-0523

Spend one hour a week with a child and help change the world! The aim of MentorWorks is to enhance the academic, social, and interpersonal skills of K-12 students while providing all University of Delaware faculty, staff, and graduate students with a meaningful opportunity to volunteer their time and skills. You don't have to be a mentor, you just have to be yourself. Contact 831-0520 for more information, or visit our website to learn more and apply!

Millcroft Senior Living Community
255 Possum Park Road
Newark, DE 19711
Phone: 302-366-0160
Fax: 302-366-7634
Contact Person: Carol Fritz for Independent Living and Lisa Jest for Health Care & Assisted Living

Millcroft is a full-service rental Retirement Community with Assisted Living and a Healthcare Center which is part of the Marriott family of Senior Living Communities. The community has 62 retirement apartments, 26 assisted living suites and 110 healthcare beds. It offers a variety of services including an activity program, meals, housekeeping and laundry services, nursing care, and rehabilitation program.

Neighborhood House, Inc.
1218 B Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone: 302-652-3928
Fax: 302-652-3983
Contact Person: Arthur Boswell

The Neighborhood House is a community resource that serves the heart of South Wilmington and the Middletown-Odessa-Townsend area. Better housing, family unity, education, recreation, neighborhood development, racial and cultural relations, as well as spiritual and emotional enrichment are important aspects of its programs and services.

New Castle County Extension
ag.udel.edu/ncc/
910 S. Chapel St.
Newark, DE 19716-1303
Phone 831-8965
Fax 831-8934
Email: mslater@udel.edu
Contact Person: Mary Slater

Extension is the educational outreach arm of the University offering educational information and education to citizens in youth development, agriculture, family and consumer science. Volunteers can assist in a wide variety of activities and events involving youth in the 4H program.

Newark Active Day Center
University of Delaware
200 White Chapel Drive
Newark, DE 19713
Phone: 302-831-6774
Fax: 302-831-0004
Contact Person: Sharron Beard

The Active Day Center serves adults who are physically impaired or mentally confused and may require supervision, increased social opportunities, medical and nursing care or assistance with daily activities. Care and supervision are provided throughout the day with flexible scheduling for participants of the Center.

Newark Area Welfare Committee
P.O. Box 951
Newark, DE 19715
Phone: 302-456-0446 (work)
Fax: 302-456-0441
Email: bmstoudt@aol.com
Contact Person: Beverly Stoudt

The Committee provides specific emergency services to families and individuals in the Newark area including: Food Cupboard which operates weekdays and provides about 1 week's food; Christmas Baskets which are given to about 375 families the week before Christmas. Fund raising activities go on all through the year to help pay for school and work shoes, utility bills, medicine, rent, glasses and other necessities. This is an all-volunteer group of people working to help people in the Newark area.

Newark Arts Alliance, Inc.
www.newarkartsalliance.org
P.O. Box 1085
Newark, DE 19715-1085
Art House: 132 E. Delaware Avenue
Newark, DE 19711
Phone: 302-266-7266
Email: tnewarkartsalliance@earthlink.net
Contact Person: Terry Foreman

Newark Arts Alliance serves to build community through the arts and to provide opportunities for anyone to present or participate in all art forms. Most events are low-cost or free and are open to all ages and backgrounds. Membership consists of students, families, professional artists and seniors. Volunteers help set up exhibits, serve as gallery attendants, and help with promotion of events.

Newark Day Nursery and Children's Center
www.newarkdaynursery.org
921 Barksdale Road
Newark, DE 19711
Phone: 302-731-4925
Fax: 302-738-8441
Contact Person: Debbie Torbert

The Newark Day Nursery Association is dedicated to providing quality care for children of ethnically and economically diverse families, according to ability to pay, who live or work in the greater Newark area.

Newark Department of Parks and Recreation
Newark.de.us/docs/departments/parks.html
220 Elkton Road
Newark, DE 19711
Phone 366-7060
Fax 366-7067
Email: parksrec@newark.de.us
Contact Person: Joe Spadafino or Sharon Bruen

Parks and Recreation provides Newark area residents with recreation opportunities, offering programs to all ages through a very broad selection of activities and events. More than 400 recreation programs and events are offered annually. In addition, they maintain more than 400 acres of open space in Newark and offer both active and passive areas to include tennis, basketball and street hockey courts, trails, softball, baseball, and soccer fields, pools, horseshoe pits, play equipment and much more.

Newark Manor Nursing Home
newarkmanor.com
254 West Main St.
Newark, DE 19711
Phone: 302-731-5576
Fax: 302-731-7351
Email: jessica274@protegy.net
Contact Person: Jessica Harrison

Newark Manor provides 24 hour skilled and intermediate nursing care, nourishing meals and stimulating activities for those who may need the benefits of a health care facility. Volunteers assist residents with recreation, crafts, holiday parties and friendly interaction.

Newark Senior Center
www.newarkseniorcenter.com
200 White Chapel Drive
Newark, DE 19713
Phone: 302-737-2336, Ext/ 13
Fax: 302-737-2636
Contact Person: Shannon Hardee

The mission of the Newark Senior Center is to enable older adults in the community to maintain dignity, enhance their quality of life and actively promote participation in all aspects of community life. Volunteers assist with events and activities and do yard work at seniors' homes.

Northern Delaware Early Head Start
University of Delaware
102 E. Main Street
Newark, DE 19716
Phone: 302-831-0478
Fax: 302-831-0474
Email: hlbeck@udel.edu
Contact Person: Heidi Beck

Head Start was created to prepare low income preschoolers for grade school. It primarily serves 3 - 4 year old children and their families, who must be below federal poverty levels. Its intentions are to teach children the skills they will need to succeed in school and help children learn to socialize and to develop their cognitive abilities. 1995 Early Head Start was created due to the overwhelming evidence that the first 3 years of life are critical to brain development. Services include child development, family development, community building, and staff development.

Planned Parenthood of Delaware
www.ppdel.org
625 Shipley Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone: 302-655-7296, ext. 29
Fax: 302-655-1907
Email: lpoland@ppfa.org
Contact Person: Leslie Poland

Planned Parenthood provides comprehensive reproductive health care for women and men, advocates public policies to ensure access to such services, and provides educational programs that address issues of healthy human sexuality. Volunteer opportunities are available both on campus and in Wilmington. Internships are available through the Wilmington office.

The Police Athletic League of Delaware
www.palde.org
26 Karlyn Drive
New Castle, DE 19720-1235
Phone: 302-656-9501
Fax: 302-656-9270
Email: copsnkids@aol.com
Contact Person: Lori Kane

The mission of the Police Athletic League of Delaware is to prevent youth crime in Delaware by providing youth between the ages of 8 and 18 with supervised athletic, educational, and social development activities; to build positive relationships and understanding between youth and police officers through participation of police officers as role models in P.A.L. activities; to reach out to under-served youth with programs which address citizenship, self-esteem, substance abuse, and respect for law and order; to encourage participation and support by the community in P.A.L. programs to help build a solid foundation for Delaware's youth for life.

READ-ALOUD Delaware
www.readalouddelaware.org P.O. Box 25249
Wilmington, DE 19899
Phone: 302-656-5256
Fax: 302-656-2119
Email: dvandiver@readalouddelaware.org
Contact Person: Debby Vandiver

READ-ALOUD Delaware is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the promotion of reading in Delaware. They promote reading aloud to preschool children in order to encourage a love of books and a desire to become a reader. They also help parents prepare their children to learn once they enter school. Volunteers read one-on-one to a child in a child care center. (Minimum time commitment: 2 school semesters, 1 day per week, 1 hour per week)

Ronald McDonald House of Delaware
www.rmhc.com
1901 Rockland Road
Wilmington, DE 19803
Phone: 302-656-4847 x129
Fax: 302-658-6608
Email: rmhofde@aol.com
Contact Person: Betts Murdison

The Ronald McDonald House of Delaware is a "home away from home" for families of ill or injured children receiving treatment at a local hospital. Parents find the support and understanding of other families in similar situations, as well as safe, inexpensive lodging. New support services provided by the Ronald McDonald House include Ronald Rooms in local hospitals. The Ronald Rooms at Christiana Hospital in Stanton and Bayhealth-Kent General in Dover offer comfort and support to families with babies receiving treatment in the special care nurseries.

Sexual Offense Support Service (S.O.S.)
www.udel.edu/OWA/resources.html
University of Delaware
Laurel Hall, Room 209
Newark, DE 19716
Phone: 302-831-8992
Fax: 302-831-4258
Email: arl@udel.edu
Contact Person: Anne Lomax

The mission of SOS is to empower survivors of sexual assault through support, advocacy, referrals, and community education. SOS trains volunteers to be hot-line advocates, community educators, and support group facilitators. Men and women are welcome, as are members of the community not affiliated with the University.

Shoes That Fit of Newark Delaware
www.shoesthatfit.org
4 West Periwinkle Lane
Newark, DE 19711
Phone: 302-457-3160 (day), 234-9319 (evening)
Fax: 302-457-3936
Email: asluger@aol.com
Contact Person: Joanne H. Glauser

Shoes That Fit of Newark Delaware builds the self-esteem of needy school children by providing them with new shoes and clothing. This goal is achieved by partnering companies, groups, and individuals in the community with schools that have children with clothing needs. Volunteers can sponsor a child by purchasing the requested clothing items or making monetary donations so that the clothing items may be purchased by others. Depending upon the school, volunteers may also interact with the sponsored children by delivering the clothing to make sure it fits. There are normally Fall and Spring campaigns to ensure that children have the proper seasonal clothing. Students can act as individual volunteers (raising money, purchasing clothing and making deliveries) or volunteer coordinators (coordinating a group of volunteers to sponsor one or more children) depending upon their interest and available time.

SODAT - Delaware, Inc.
Juvenile Mentoring & Aftercare Program
625 N. Orange Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Phone: 302-656-4044
Fax: 302-656-3439
Email: kcollins@sodatdelaware.com
Contact Person: Ken Collins

St. Anthony's Community Center
1703 West 10th Street
Wilmington, DE 19805
Phone: 421-3721
Fax: 421-3725 Contact Person: Debra Wirt

Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research
www.tristatebird.org
110 Possum-Hollow Road
Newark, DE 19711
Phone: 302-737-9543 opt. 3
Fax: 302-737-9562
Email: jbartley@tristatebird.org
Contact Person: Julie Bartley

Tri-State Bird Rescue & Research is a non-profit wildlife rehabilitation center specializing in wild birds. Its mission is to promote healthy populations of native wildlife. Volunteers are needed to care for and feed injured birds and to help with public relations.

VAPP (Volunteers for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Inc)
611 W 18th Street
Wilmington, DE 19802
Phone: 302-658-5277
Fax: 302-658-9306
Contact Person: Timothy Foxx

VAPP creates, implements and provides services and projects that assist youth with the prevention of pregnancy and the contraction of sexually transmitted diseases. Educating and training the adolescent populations of Wilmington and New Castle County about abstinence, birth control methods and healthy lifestyles are also encompassed in the agency's mission.

UDReads
www.udel.edu/udreads
Amy Rextrew House
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
Phone: 302-831-8127
Fax: 302-831-0523
Email: udreads@yahoo.com

The UDReads Program strives to excite all children about reading, paying particular attention to those struggling with reading skills, increasing children's vocabulary, reading abilities, and confidence. Work study and volunteer undergarduates from the University of Delawre are encouraged to join this program that is having a large impact helping children in local schools get excited about reading. Apply online, or contact us by email or phone.

Wellspring Peer Educators
www.udel.edu/wellspring
University of Delaware
Laurel Hall, Room 209
Newark, DE 19716
Phone 831-8992
Fax 831-4258
Email: notnutts@udel.edu
Contact Person: Nancy Nutt

The mission of the Wellspring Peer Educators is to offer fellow students information promoting wellness and supportive resources for making informed health decisions. Wellspring trains Peer Educators to present informative and interesting programs/workshops for students on a variety of health topics, such as sexuality, alcohol and other drugs, stress management, nutrition and eating disorders. Skills for effective peer counseling are also taught.

West End Neighborhood House
710 N. Lincoln Street
Wilmington, DE 19805
Phone 658-4171
Fax 888-5314
Contact Person: Monica Alvarez

West End Neighborhood House helps individuals achieve self-sufficiency, reach and maintain their maximum potential and live responsibly and harmoniously in a healthy community and a complex world. Volunteers provide tutoring, child care, data entry and help with food and clothes closets.

Western Family YMCA
www.ymcade.org
2600 Kirkwood Highway
Newark, DE 19711
Phone 453-1482
Fax 453-1610
Email: vwinchester@ymcade.org
Contact Person: Vernae Winchester

The YMCA of Delaware is an association of people of all ages, ethnic groups and religious affiliations that strives to cultivate the human potential, self-esteem and dignity of all people. The organization exists to develop and practice the Christian principles of love, caring, inclusiveness, justice and peace... and to enrich the emotional, physical and social life of individuals, families and our community. Volunteers help with youth sports, aquatics, pre-school and before and after school programs for children grades K-6, and special events such as the annual Halloween party, Kids Night Out and Family Fun Night.